• DocumentCode
    1112543
  • Title

    Probe beam amplification via two- and four-wave mixings in a nematic liquid crystal film

  • Author

    Khoo, Iam-Choon ; Liu, T.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    2/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    171
  • Lastpage
    173
  • Abstract
    We have observed very large probe beam gain (up to 600 percent) in a thin film (100 μm) of nematic liquid crystal for a low pump beam intensity on the order of 2 W/cm2. The effect is nonlinearly dependent on the pump intensity and the wave mixing angle.
  • Keywords
    Liquid crystal materials/devices; Optical amplifiers; Optical mixers; Four-wave mixing; Laser excitation; Liquid crystals; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Probes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1987.1073319
  • Filename
    1073319
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1112543